One injured after car crashes through 8th Avenue median, tears out trees

First responders tend to the driver of a car that reportedly crashed through the 8th Avenue median near 16th Street. (Kelsy Schlotthauer/kschlotthauer@greeleytribune.com)

One man was injured Friday after crashing his car through the 8th Avenue median.

Greeley police Sgt. Wes Doney said the crash was reported about 1 p.m., and witnesses said they saw the man drive southbound through the median along 8th Avenue at a “high rate of speed” before coming to a rest in the middle of the road just before 16th Street.

Doney said he did not know the man’s condition. First responders loaded the driver onto a gurney and into an ambulance before heading to the hospital. One witness reported the man was conscious after the crash, while another said it appeared he was having a seizure afterward, Doney said.

Firefighters dragged two broken ornamental trees from the median to the avenue’s north sidewalk, along with a road sign.

Both northbound lanes of 8th Avenue were closed for a short time, then only one, before the scene was clear about 1:30 p.m.

Reports of a car driving through the median on 8th Avenue and hitting a tree near 16th Street. Headed that way now.